Draft:Iván Dibos

Iván César Dibos Mier
Born	January 18, 1939 (age 85) Lima, Peru
Citizenship	Lima, Peru
Spouse(s)	Marisa Távara Arias-Schreiber, María Luisa Figueroa Ponce
Children	Nicole Dibos Távara, Chantal Dibos Távara, Karel Dibos Távara, Iván Dibos Távara, Eduardo Dibos Figueroa
Parent(s)	Eduardo Dibos Dammert, Esmeralda Mier Guerrero

Iván César Dibos Mier (born January 18, 1939, in Lima) is a Peruvian sports leader, businessman, politician, and member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). Throughout his career, he has played a key role in promoting sports in Peru and internationally. His public positions include President of the Peruvian Sports Institute (2003-2006) and City Council Member (1990-1992) and Deputy Mayor of Lima (1993-1995). He has served in leadership roles in international sports federations, including rowing, motor racing, and taekwondo. He currently presides over the Touring and Automobile Club of Peru.

Family

He is the son of Eduardo Dibos Dammert, a businessman, politician, and sports leader. Eduardo Dibos Dammert served as Mayor of Lima twice (1938-1940 and 1950-1952) and Minister of Development and Public Works (1958-1959). He was also a member of the International Olympic Committee (1968-1987) and was known for spearheading Peru’s first Olympic participation at the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games.

Dibos Mier is the brother of Eduardo “Chachi” Dibos Chappuis, an entrepreneur, athlete, and racing driver remembered for his term as Mayor of Lima from 1970 until his death in October 1973.

Education

He attended primary school at Inmaculado Corazón School and secondary school at Santa María Marianista School. He graduated with a degree in Business Administration from the University of Detroit, Michigan, USA. He completed a master’s program at the Center for Higher Military Studies after receiving a scholarship from the National Society of Industries.

Career as an Athlete and Sports Leader

Dibos practiced various sports since childhood but excelled in rowing. He was Peruvian champion multiple times from 1957 to 1973, representing Club de Regatas Lima. In the United States, he represented the Detroit Boat Club, winning national titles (quadruple scull in 1958) and at the Royal Henley Regatta in Canada. His performances earned him recognition in Sports Illustrated’s “Pat on The Back” section in 1959.

Upon his return, he represented Peru in the quadruple scull at the III Pan American Games in 1959 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. Later, he became a master's champion in Argentina, Peru, and the United States.

Dibos served as President of the Peruvian Cycling Federation from 1967 to 1968, later as Secretary General of the Peruvian Rowing Federation from 1971 to 1974, and as Treasurer from 1980 to 1981. Since then, he has been part of the Peruvian Olympic Committee’s leadership.

In 1982, he was elected as a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), the highest entity responsible for promoting the Olympic movement globally and organizing the Olympic Games. He has served on various IOC commissions, including: Television (1983-84); Study and Evaluation for the Preparation of the Olympic Games (1984-86); Culture and Olympic Education (1988-2020); Radio and Television (2005-2015); Women and Sport (2005-2020); and Public Affairs and Social Development through Sport (2018-2020).

In 1991, he joined the Council of the International Rowing Federation as the South American Continental Representative, a position he held until 2009.

Since 1998, he was elected as a member of the World Taekwondo Federation Council. Later, in 2009, he was appointed as the federation’s Vice President.

During Alejandro Toledo’s administration, he was appointed President of the Peruvian Sports Institute (IPD), a position he held from 2004 until July 2006. During those years, the IPD presidency was elevated to ministerial rank. During his tenure, he successfully led the organization of the 2004 Copa América and the FIFA U-17 World Championship.

Since 2005, he served as Vice President of the Touring and Automobile Club of Peru. In 2009, he ran for Vice President of the International Automobile Federation on a list led by Finnish rally driver Ari Vatanen. As of 2011, he assumed the presidency of the club, where he continues to promote motorsport and improve mobility in Peru. In August 2024, the Touring Club’s centenary was celebrated, with Dibos as the central figure of the commemoration.

In 2020, during the 135th Session of the International Olympic Committee, he was named Honorary Member of the organization.

Municipal Career

Dibos began his municipal career as Deputy Mayor of the Santiago de Surco district in 1979 during Piero Pierantoni Cámpora's administration. In 1980, when Pierantoni became Mayor of Lima, Dibos assumed the role of Deputy Mayor of Lima.

In the 1989 Municipal Elections, he was elected as a City Council Member on the Independent Civic Movement OBRAS ticket, led by Ricardo Belmont Cassinelli, who was elected Mayor for the 1990-1992 period.

During the 1993-1995 re-election term, Dibos served as Deputy Mayor of Lima, often acting as the interim Mayor. He contributed to significant projects, including the construction of the ‘El Trébol’ interchange in Monterrico, the Quiñones Bridge on Javier Prado Avenue, paving 100 kilometers of roads in low-income areas, creating Universitaria Avenue, the 2 de Mayo Avenue underpass, and declaring Lima a UNESCO World Cultural Heritage site. He chaired several municipal companies such as EMAPE, EMILIMA, and EMSA.

Other Positions

Dibos has held director and management positions in various industrial and commercial companies like Sociedad Química Industrial Lima and Faucett Airlines.

He presided over the French Alliance of Lima from 2002 to 2014, a non-profit cultural association dedicated to teaching French. During his tenure, it was recognized several times by the French Ministry of National Education as the Alliance Française with the highest number of students worldwide.

He is part of Peru’s diplomatic corps, serving as the Honorary Consul of Monaco in Lima since 2002 and previously as Honorary Consul of Luxembourg in Lima from 2001 to 2019.

Awards and Honors

1980: Order of Municipal Merit in the grade of Grand Cross, Municipality of Lima. 2001: Youth and Sports Medal of Honor, France. 2004: Order of Merit for Distinguished Service in the grade of Grand Officer, Peru. 2011: National Order of the Legion of Honor in the grade of Officer, France. 2020: Silver Olympic Order, International Olympic Committee. 2021: Order of Grimaldi in the grade of Knight, Monaco.